Millions of Oprah fans have a new channel to catch their BFF when the talk-show host launches OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which made its long-awaited appearance on New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1.

While Oprah fans won’t see a lot of the mogul early on — her contracts with TV stations for her daytime show prevent her from appearing in any similar programs until “Oprah” concludes in September — every show OWN airs comes with her stamp of approval.

First up is “Ask Oprah’s All-Stars,” Sunday night at 8 p.m. Those lucky enough to be designated Friends of Oprah (FOO) are working their butts off to keep that friendship. Three of them — Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Suze Orman — will host four, two-hour specials every Sunday night in January and take questions from the television and live studio audience.

Later on Sunday, at 10 p.m., is “Oprah Presents Master Class.” Eight “modern masters” were hand-picked by Winfrey to share their life lessons. The masters are Oprah’s famous and rich friends. First up: ABC News anchor Diane Saywer. Sawyer will be followed by Simon Cowell, Sidney Poitier, poet Dr. Maya Angelou, former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Winfrey herself.

These two shows, like many on the lineup, air more than once a day, as is common for a fledgling cable network. Gaps between new series are filled with movies. There is no paid programming. The “Oprah” library will not be available for repeats until September, when Winfrey’s talk show ends.

On Monday night at 8 p.m., OWN will premiere “Enough Already With Peter Walsh,” a “Hoarders” rip-off. Walsh goes into strangers’ homes to help families get rid of their clutter.

On Wednesday night at 10 p.m. we have “Miracle Detectives,” in which a believer and a skeptic follow reports of supernatural events and try to discover the truth behind them,

Die-hard Oprah fans will get a kick out of going backstage with Oprah as she goes about the hectic business of producing her storied talk show. “Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes” launches in its regular time period on Friday at 8 p.m.

Friday nights are typically slow on broadcast TV, but OWN is scheduling two of its big guns there. Following “Season 25,” OWN will search for its next up-and coming star, with Carson Kressley and Nancy O’Dell hosting.

Oprah’s BFF Gayle King finally gets her own talk fest, with “The Gayle King Show” airing daily at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Later this spring, another Oprah regular, Lisa Ling, goes on tour to explore such hot-button issues such as faith healers and sexual predators in “Our America with Lisa Ling.”

More shows are on tap for spring and fall, with several of Oprah’s favorite guests getting their own shows. Carson Kressley stars in “Carson-Nation,” in which he travels to small towns to transform styles and lives; Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, will seek advice from Dr. Phil, Orman and life coach Martha Beck; and mother-daughter duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd let the cameras follow them as they embark on their first tour in 10 years.

In September, the network’s big launch is Rosie O’Donnell. Oprah also will finally officially join OWN’s air in “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” in which she’ll “have more riveting conversations with the people we all want to hear from, in some very unexpected places. If she can dream it, she’ll do it!”

Still, what we really want to know is will Oprah ever match the sheer drama of giving away iPods and VW Beetles to an audience full of sobbing fans?